The term probably originated on late 1980s BBSs or early 1990s conferencing systems, and it is now commonly used on Fandom Wank where the short-form mouse is readily understood.[4][5]

Coding Mice of the Round Table by Anonymous (2010).[6] Kink meme mods are usually anonymice. This piece of art for the prompt "Kink Me! Merlincoding mice. How would they look as actual mice discussing kinks?" shows the mice at work.